• Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is a comedy about a man who takes his spoiled fiance home to meet his parents.

• 1. Release Date: February 8, 2008
  2. Director: Malcolm D. Lee
  3. Producers: Scott Stuber, Mary Parent, Charles Castaldi
  4. Distributor: Universal Pictures
  5. MPAA Rating: PG-13
  6. Run Time: 114 min.

• Plot Summary

  Successful Los Angeles based talk show host Roscoe Jenkins travels to visit his family living in the Deep South. Roscoe intends prove that he's no longer the loser he used to be.

• Cast

  • Martin Lawrence: Dr. RJ Stevens/Roscoe Steven Jenkins, Jr.
  • Margaret Avery: Mama Jenkins
  • Joy Bryant: Bianca Kittles
  • Michael Clarke Duncan: Otis Jenkins
  • Mike Epps: Reggie
  • Mo'Nique: Betty Jenkins
  • Louis C.K.: Marty
  • Nicole Ari Parker: Lucinda
  • Cedric the Entertainer : Clyde
  • James Earl Jones: [[Roscoe Steven "Papa" Jenkins, Sr.]]
  • Liz Mikel: Ruthie
  • Samantha Smith: Young Lucinda

• Critical Reception

  • • "The result may not smell nearly as bad as a skunk, but it does give off the distinct whiff of underachievement"*Entertainment Weekly: Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (February 6, 2008)

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